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ORDINANCE N0. 1468
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD RELATING
TO REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 25 OF
THE LYNWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 25-2' of Chapter 25 of the Lynwood
Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending the title as follows:
"25-2 GENERAL RULES AND DEFINITIONS."
Section 2. Section 25-2.2 of Chapter 25 of the Lynwood
Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a subsection and
heading to follow Section 25-2.1 (f) and to precede the definition
of "Abut" to read as follows:
"25-2.2 Definitions"
Section 3.
Municipal Code is
room" as follows:
Section 25-2.2 of Chapter 25 of the Lynwood
amended by amending the definition of Rumpus
"Rumpus room" shall mean a room or an area within a dwelling,
or~.n ~ •~' ~'; ~~ •• attached to a dwelling, designed,
equipped or used as a recreation room or family room, but
shall not be used as a separate dwelling unit."
Section 4. Section 25-9.1 is amended by adding the
following subsection:
"e. PRD Planned Residential Development Zone - This zone is
intended to provide for flexibility and creativity in the
design of large scale planned residential development. This
district is also intended to provide for the development or
redevelopment of parcels of land as coordinated projects
involving single family homes, community facilities both
public and private, and related accessory commercial uses.
The P-R-D zone is further intended to provide for. the optimum
integrating of natural and man-made amenities within
residential development.
Permitted uses and development standards are listed in
Section 25-4.10"
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Section 5. Paragraph c of Section 25-4.2 is amended to read as
follows:
"c. Accessory uses
Accessory uses permitted in
residential zones shall be those
which are customarily incidental
to the use of a building or portion
thereof as a dwelling.
R-1 R-2 R-3
1. Cabanas. P P P
1. Covered patios. P P P
2. Carports. P
3. Garages. P P P
4. Home occupation, subject to
the provisions of Section 17-91,
et seq., Lynwood Municipal Code. P P P
5. Laundry buildings. C C
6. Laundry rooms P P P
7. Radio and television receiving SPR SPR SPR
antennas and amateur radio
transmitting antennas, in
accordance with the pro-
visions of subsection 25-16.4
herein.
8. Recreational buildings. C C
9. Storage sheds. P P P
10. Swimming pools. P P P
11. Tennis courts. C C C
12. Small family day care homes. P P P
13. Large family day care homes. SPR SPR SPR "
Section 6_ Section 25-4.6 of Chapter 25 is amended by
adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
"d. Special Restrictions on Accessory Buildings
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1. No accessory building may be converted to
residential use unless additional residential uses are _
permitted in the zone and a Conditional Use permit has
been obtained.
_ 2. Any accessory building illegally converted to
residential use must be converted to a use permitted in
the zone in which it is located. Site Plan approval
and any required building permits must be secured. All
illegal kitchen and plumbing facilities must be removed
and lines capped.
3. The following additional requirements a
a. a garage must contain a minimum of 20 ft. by
20 ft. clear space inside. No plumbing facilities
shall be permitted. Any garage used as a
residence _must be converted from residential use.
All kitchen and plumbing facilities must be
removed and all lines capped.
b. a laundry room must be attached to house or
garage. If attached to garage it can be no larger
than 200 sq.ft. In addition to a washer and dryer
a laundry room may contain a sink but no other
plumbing facilities.
c. a patio may be attached or detached. Tf
detached, it may not be enclosed. A patio may have
barbecue and wet bar, but no bathroom facilities
are permitted.
d. a rumpus or recreation room must be attached to
the main residence. Any detached rumpus rooms used
as a residence must be converted to a permitted
use and all plumbing facilities must be removed
and lines capped.
e. a storage shed may be attached to a garage or
main structure or may be a detached building. A
detached storage shed or•one attached to a garag
may not be larger than 200 square feet. No
plumbing is permitted in any storage shed.
Any storage shed used as a residence must be
converted to a permitted use and all cooking and
plumbing facilities must be removed and lines
capped
4. No two (2) story accessory building shall occupy any
part of a required rear yard setback. In the case of a
reversed frontage lot, no accessory building shall be
erected closer than five (5) feet to the lot line of
the abutting lot to the rear." '
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Section 7. Paragraph c of Section 25-4.5 of Chapter. 25 of the
Lynwood municipal Code is amended by amending the title to read as
follows
"c. Density Bonus in the Multiple Family Residential Zone ~~
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
4TH day of NOVEMBERt 1997 and finally adopted and ordered published
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 18TH day of
NOVEMBER 1997.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this
AT~,}T~E~ S T
Andrea L. Hooper, City Clerk
City of Lynwood
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
~V~~wr:. D. KrwQ~.ll..
William B. Rudell
City Attorney
18TH day f NOVEMBER 1997.
PADL RICHARDS, Mayor
City of Lynwood, California
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Faustin G male's
City Manager
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
SS.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the Lynwood City Council do hereby certify that
the. above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1468 on
file in my office and that said ordinance was adopted on the 7ATH day of
NOVEMBER , 19 97 ,and passed by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER BYRD, HENNING, RICHARDS
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER REA
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